bóireach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

bóireach (genitive singular masculine bóirigh, genitive singular feminine bóirí, plural bóireacha, comparative bóirí)

  1. (geography, geology) boreal

Declension

Declension of bóireach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bóireach bhóireach bóireacha;
bhóireacha2
vocative bhóirigh bóireacha
genitive bóirí bóireacha bóireach
dative bóireach;
bhóireach1
bhóireach;
bhóirigh (archaic)
bóireacha;
bhóireacha2
Comparative níos bóirí
Superlative is bóirí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bóireach
radical lenition eclipsis
bóireach bhóireach mbóireach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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